In 1923 a young American actor named Tallulah Bankhead became the most sensational star of the London stage. Having persuaded the actor and manager Gerald du Maurier to give her a leading role in his ...

Fashion is a constantly shifting landscape, but some trends veer so far into the bizarre, the wild, and the downright strange ...

For most, the "flapper" evokes images of finger-curled bobs, drop-waisted dresses and endless Charlestoning, like a scene from Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby on a loop. She's the spirit of the Jazz ...

A look ahead at what the denizens of 'Downton Abbey' will face when the new season enters the tumultuous Roaring Twenties. No more corsets! By Elizabeth Snead Maggie Smith Elizabeth McGovern Downton ...

Judith Mackrell’s “Flappers” is a juicy, energetic exploration of six dazzling iconoclasts who all flared to fame in the Roaring ‘20s. Unlike recent books such as Simon Winchester’s “The Professor and ...

Last year, "The Rite of Spring"—perhaps the most primal creative act of the 20th century—turned 100. A strange work with no discernible precedent, the ballet put before Paris a series of pagan rituals ...